Wildfires – Page 9

Silicon Valley Wants to Fight Fires With Fire

How some high-tech entrepreneurs are trying to use new forms of technology to solve the problem of mega-wildfires in the age of climate change.

By Tim Fernholz and Ian C. Bates

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Silicon Valley Wants to Fight Fires With Fire

How some high-tech entrepreneurs are trying to use new forms of technology to solve the problem of mega-wildfires in the age of climate change.

By Tim Fernholz and Ian C. Bates

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She Survived the Maui Wildfires. She Couldn’t Survive the Year After

Edralina Diezon was working as a janitor and sending money to her family in the Philippines when wildfires destroyed everything she had. The road to rebuilding her life proved to be perilous.

By Erika Hayasaki

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To Protect Against Wildfires, Insurers Try to Change Construction Standards

Property insurers are trying to force changes in construction standards that they say are necessary to protect against wildfires.

By Emily Flitter